Dr. Brain and 3 Other Best Mystery Series to Watch After Severance Season 2 Finale
Mysterious developers, magic pills, and the ability to connect to another person's brain.
Dangerous mind games, corporate satire, a mystery that grows deeper with each episode, and weird waffle parties – that's what we loved about Severance. We've rounded up TV series that fans of the show might enjoy.
1. Devs, 2020
The plot revolves around a programmer named Lily who works for the IT company Amaya. Her boyfriend Sergei also works there, and after successfully presenting a project to the head of the company, he joins a secret department. What could possibly go wrong?
On the first day of work, Sergei disappears. The management shows Lily a video of her boyfriend committing suicide. The woman is sure that the video is fake. She tries to find out what the secret department really does.
2. Dr. Brain, 2021
The main character, Sewon, has been completely devoid of empathy since childhood. But he can solve a Rubik's cube in seconds and is the best student in his class.
The boy grew up to become a brilliant neurosurgeon. Sewon invents the ability to connect to other people's brains and access their memories. So far, this only works with the recently deceased.
Life deals him a blow – his son dies and his wife disappears. To find out what happened to his family, Sewon connects to the bodies of several people and tries to find answers in their memories.
3. Upload, 2020-...
A series from the creator of The Office, only this time the action takes place in the near future. It's 2033 and everyone can upload themselves into a virtual afterlife.
The main character, programmer Nathan, dies after a car accident. Under pressure from his girlfriend, he agrees to the upload procedure and finds himself in the virtual world of Lake View.
He is helped to adjust to digital life by Nora, a tech support specialist whose job it is to monitor uploaders. Soon, Nora and Nathan become close, and she begins to suspect that the young man's death was not an accident.
4. Maniac, 2018
The main character of Severance, Mark, agreed to the procedure because he could not cope with the death of his wife. In Maniac the characters also run away from their problems in search of the magic pill and find it.
One of the pharmaceutical laboratories has developed a new drug that can cure any ailment. Those who are interested are invited to participate in its testing. Owen lives with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Annie suffers from a broken relationship with her mother.
Under the influence of the pills, the characters travel through many realities, where their paths always intersect. And they have to learn the side effects of the drug from their own experience.